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We have the funds for the BDA and the Fall grants. Checks will be mailed Friday, April 6th. If you want to pick up your check, call Jean at 503.234.7642 to make arrangements.

The committee is still working on the Spring grants. You should be notified by the end of next week. The funds will be available as soon as decisions are made.

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Annual Meeting
The APNBA's Annual Meeting is Monday, April 23 at the Ambridge Event Center, 300 NE Multnomah, starting at 5:30 PM. We will elect new officers and a new board, vote on new bylaws, hear Patrick Donaldson's recap of the past year,and consider activities for the coming year.

This will be a very busy year and we need board members who have the time and interest to attend meetings regularly as well as serve on a committee. Be prepared to nominate such a person to the APNBA's board.

Newest Rose Festival Parade
The celebration of 100 years of Rose Festivals starts with a parade along 82nd Avenue on Saturday April 28th. Planned by Ken Turner of the 82nd Avenue of Roses Business Association and partially supported by a grant from the APNBA, this event will showcase some of Portland's East side groups.

The officially sanctioned event starts at the Eastport Plaza at 9:00 AM, travels north on 82nd Avenue to Yamhill and ends at 78th and Yamhill. Led by an honor guard, the parade offers the Rose Princesses, the Rose Society, Rosarians, the Corvette Club, Keystone Cops, and much more. Montavilla/East Tabor plans a series of activities for the tired, possibly wet and probably cold participants and watchers both.

Ken Turner can accept up to 15 more entrants so come join the parade. Contact Ken at 503.774.3817 or Email him for an application form.

Pandemics
Several pandemic influenza/all-hazards planning resources for businesses have been made recently available that might be of interest.

• Preparing your Business for Emergencies, Natural and Man-Made A free CD-ROM toolkit to assist small- to mid-sized businesses prepare for emergencies and disasters - small charge for shipping.-National Association of County and City Health Officials, naccho.org/pubs/product1.cfm?Product_ID=162



• Ready Business Mentoring Initiative Designed to help small and medium-sized business owners and managers prepare for emergencies. Department of Homeland Security, ready.gov/business/mentor



• FluWorkLoss - A software program that estimates the potential lost work days because of an influenza pandemic.)-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 2007 cdc.gov/flu/tools/fluworkloss



• Pandemic Flu and U.S. Economic Recession - March 2006 article and Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic-U.S. Department of Labor-OSHA, February 2007 article

Thanks to Jessica Guernsey Camargo, MPH, Multnomah County Health Department

Ready, Safe, Go
The second annual Ready, Safe. Go. free training conference and volunteer recognition event occurs on Saturday, April 28 from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at Portland Community College’s (PCC) Sylvania Campus in Southwest Portland. Registration for Ready. Safe, Go is now Open. For more information, see www.portlandonline.com/oni/?c=29385&a=149004.

2007 Events
April 1: First Sunday, Old Town Chinatown, Portland Saturday Market (west end of Burnside Bridge) from 11 am to 4:30 pm. Portland Chinese Classical Garden (NW 3rd at Everett) from 10 am to 7 pm. “Walk Historic Old Town” is available free at the Saturday Market.

April 6: First Friday Art Quest - 6:00 - 9:00PM Greater Brooklyn and Sellwood. Contact Madeline Janovec, 503.231.8346.

April 6: First Friday - 6:00 - 9:00PM Division/Clinton. Contact Rin Carroll Jackson, rinzart@spiritone.com. The CEAD (Central Eastside Arts District) First Friday is coming out with a new map soon. http://www.firstfridayart.com. Come see the artists on Division/Clinton.

April 19: 3rd Thursday, 6:00 - 9:00PM Hollywood District.

April 23: APNBA Annual Meeting, Ambridge Center, 5:30 PM, Jean Baker, 503.234.7642

April 28: 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade. 9:00 AM from the Eastport Plaza. Contact Ken Turner, 503.771.3817, for entrant applications.

April 28: "Spiffin' Up The Boulevard" MLK Jr. Blvd SOLV CleanUp. Team members are: Solv, PCRI, Friends of Trees, Safeway, ONI, Hands on Portland, PDC. Everyone is welcome. Volunteer sign-up SOLV. Tell us about your event - Contact the Editor.

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